Barry Buddon Training Area

Barry Buddon Training Area is a Ministry of Defence-owned rifle range and training area in Barry, Angus, Scotland, which runs adjacent to Carnoustie Golf Links and the Dundee - Aberdeen railway Line.

Barry Buddon dates back to around 1850 when the area was used by the Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers, the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, the Panmure Battery of the Forfarshire Artillery Brigade, and a Royal Naval Reserve Battery.

In 1897 the Earl of Dalhousie sold the site to the War Office for use as a military training area.

[1] With all camps and facilities at maximum usage about 130,000 personnel could use the training area each year.

[2] The Barry Buddon range used a narrow gauge railway with an armoured diesel locomotive to pull moving targets on railway wagons to be used for gunnery practise.

Engine shed of the narrow gauge railway on the Barry Buddon range